Zhuge Ke raised 200,000 troops to attack Wei, and before the expedition, he spread rumors that he would invade the Huai River by sea, sweep Qingxu, and slightly flatten the north and south of the Huai River.

Jiang Wei went out of Dongting and attacked Nan'an.

The east and west sides met the enemy, the whole country shook, this is after the death of Zhuge Wuhou, in the past 20 years, Wu Shu once again invaded Huainan and Yongliang.

The Wei State had just experienced the defeat of Dongxing, and the generals were depressed and the soldiers were depressed.

Fu Yi and Yu Song all saw through Zhuge Ke's strategy of attacking the east and west, saying that the sea route was difficult to do, when Sun Quan supported Gongsun Yuan by sea, they were all overturned, Zhuge Ke would not dare to put the army of the country in danger, and would attack Hefei along the old road, but he could follow the example of Zhou Yafu who was waiting for Wu Chu to defeat himself, deep ditches and high bases, not to fight, first quickly break Jiang Wei, in order to boost the morale of the army, and then concentrate on dealing with Zhuge Ke.

Sima Shi thought so.

Under the edict Sima Fu, Biqiu Jian, and Wen Qin defended themselves according to the soldiers.

However, on the issue of the Western Front, Sima Shi encountered difficulties.

The four forces of Yongliang, Deng Ai, Hu Fen, Guo Huai, Yang Zheng, plus Sima Wang, who had just become the general of Anxi, lacked a commander.

There is no doubt that Guo Huai has this ability, but Sima Shi does not dare to use it.

Deng Ai has enough qualifications, but his background is not enough, Hu Fen's background is enough, but his qualifications are not enough, and Sima Wang also faces the same problem.

Fu Yu Song suggested that Chen Tai be re-appointed as the general of the town army, and the military of Yongliang should be supervised by the festival, "Guo Huai has selfish intentions, Chen Tai has public intentions, the two complement each other, and if Deng Ai and Hu Fen are resystematized, the Shu army will retreat." ”

In Luoyang City, the only one who really has the trust of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers is Chen Tai, who grew up together since childhood.

Cao Wei has arrived now, and the officials inside and outside the government and the opposition and the local government have become corrupt and corrupt, but Chen Tai has hung the things he received on the wall, never opened them, and returned them all after leaving office.

Sima Shi happily accepted it, and ordered Guo Huai and Chen Tai to exhaust the Yongliang army to meet Jiang Wei.

In terms of governing the country and military strategy, Sima Shi humbly accepted advice, although his military strategy was not as good as his father, but his power and strategy were not secondary.

After Chen Tai arrived in Yongliang, he analyzed the situation and saw that Jiang Wei was robbing the early wheat, and expected that his army was insufficient, so he and Sima Wang led 8,000 horses to enter Luomen.

Luomen is between the road and the fort of Qishan.

Wei built a new city in Huainan, built the Great Wall at the exit of Fu Luo Road, and built Qishan Fort in the Qishan Mountains, all of which guarded the shape and controlled the geographical advantages.

As soon as Chen Tai entered Luomen, he posed a huge threat to Jiang Wei's grain route.

And Chen Tai did the same, after ordering the infantry to plunder the Shu army.

The Shu army had no food and grass, Deng Ai in front and Chen Tai in the back, and Jiang Wei could only retreat.

Chen Tai shook his head in twos and twos, and choked Jiang Wei's throat with one blow, quickly reversing the situation on the Western Front.

The morale of the Wei army was slightly restored.

At the same time, Zhuge Ke was still immersed in the glory brought by the victory of Dongxing.

Wu's army won a great victory in December, cleaned up the battlefield in January, returned to Jianye in February, and then set out again in March.

The soldiers were exhausted.

Zhuge Ke's friend Nie You advised him to strengthen his foundation in the court, saying that the powerful ministers of Wei were in power, and they would cause trouble for a long time, so it was better to cultivate soldiers and accumulate grain and grass to watch Cao Wei's provocation.

Zhuge Ke didn't accept it, and attacked Huainan again.

Compared with Sima Shi's clear strategy, Zhuge Ke did not have a strategy for advancing into Huainan.

At first, he only wanted to kidnap the people of Jianghuai.

But in the Dongxing War, the people of Huainan were ten rooms and nine empty, and the remaining Yicheng also fled to Huaibei.

The Wu army plundered for a long time without gain, and the soldiers became more and more tired.

Zhuge Ke was immersed in the joy of showing off his might, and gradually despised the Wei army.

After two months of dispatching troops, the focus has not yet been found.

In the end, Ding Feng really couldn't see it, and suggested that Zhuge Ke besiege the new city and carry out the strategy of besieging the city to help.

Ding Feng's words Zhuge Ke had to pay attention to it, so he recalled the plundered armies and besieged the new city.

However, the troops were sent out in March, and now two months have passed, and it is May.

Wu's army entered the siege of Xincheng one after another.

But the new city at this time is no longer the new city of two months ago.

The 200,000 people of the Wu army entered the Kou, and Biqiu Zhong was recalled to Shouchun and handed over the city to Le Fang and Ma Long.

Marlon gathered the defeated troops, selected them to be strong, pulled up 2,000 elite men and horses, trained day and night, and formed old women and young people in the city, demolished the houses in the city, strengthened the city defenses, cut down the trees outside the city, improved the catapults fifty, and erected heavy crossbows on all sides of the city.

Move the people into the inner city, gather all the supplies, and build an inner wall after the outer wall.

Behind it, with the strong support of Biqiu Jian, a large number of grain, grass and ordnance were sent to the city.

And Ma Long and the soldiers slept together, ate the same food, and all the rewards sent by Shouchun were not left, and they were all shared with the army.

The morale of the new city was greatly boosted, and Malone also gained the hearts of the army in a short period of time.

Dongxing was defeated, and the responsibility was not on the soldiers.

The defeated soldiers were originally the elite of Huainan and had a blood feud with the Wu people.

Therefore, everyone lives with their lives.

The new city guard was originally a Lefang, with a thousand people, but Lefang admired Ma Long and was willing to do it.

There will always be three or two opportunities in a person's life, some people seize it, and some people don't seize it.

A series of encounters did not crush Malone, but made him more resilient.

At this time, Zhuge Ke didn't put Xincheng in his eyes at all, his eyes were on Shouchun Sima Fu's 200,000 reinforcements.

In the Battle of Dongxing, although the Wu army was tired, its morale was high.

The morale of the Wei army declined.

The Wu army did not pay much attention to the Hefei New City defended by 3,000 people, and besieged but did not attack, and the attack was not effective, so that the defenders of the new city quickly adapted to the war.

Sima Fu stopped the proposal for a decisive battle between Biqiujian and Wenqin Xincheng and did not move.

Even if the new city falls, there is still Shouchun Jiancheng.

Xincheng is just an abandoned child on the Wei-Wu chessboard.

Zhuge Ke couldn't look down on it, and Sima Fu didn't care too much.

Another month passed like this, and Zhuge Ke waited for Shouchun reinforcements to arrive for a long time before turning his attention to the new city.

But I suddenly found that Xincheng is a hard bone to gnaw.

Tens of thousands of troops were put into the attack for more than ten days, but they did not move at all.

Zhuge Ke was furious and ordered the army to attack day and night.

After more than a month of hard fighting, more than half of the defenders in the city suffered casualties, and the new city still stands!

Ma Long sent his subordinate Liu Quan to break through the siege, ask Shouchun for help, report the situation in Xincheng, and was captured by the Wu army.

Zhuge Ke lured him to surrender, and Liu Cheng scolded, "Dead dog!" What is the meaning of this? I should die as a ghost of Wei, and I will not seek to live, and I will chase you away. ”

beheaded under the city.

Ma Long sent Zheng Xiang again, and Zheng Xiang went out day and night, but he was still captured by the Wu people.

Wu Jun ordered Zheng Xiang to shout to the city: "The Shouchun army has returned to Luo, it is better to surrender early!" ”

Zheng Xiang pretended to obey, walked to the city and shouted: "The army is close to the siege, and the strong men work hard!" ”

was chopped into meat by Wu Jun's knife.

Malone took the opportunity to boost morale, and the defenders became more and more agitated, fighting to the death.

Zhuge Ke was annoyed and ashamed, personally supervised the battle, built a mountain of earth, condescendingly, broke the city wall, Ma Long led the remnants of the army to retreat to the inner city, organized street battles during the day, and personally led the brave men to attack the outer city at night.

The offensive has again reached a stalemate.

When the weather is hot, the corpses of the Dongxing War in the last year are piled up, no one in the wilderness is restricted, the epidemic is big, the flow is in all directions, the water source is corroded, and nearly half of the people in the city are killed and sick.

But outside the city was even more uncomfortable, and 200,000 troops were crowded into a corner of the new city.

More than half of the Wu army had diarrhea and athlete's foot, and the dead and wounded could be seen everywhere, and the generals of each battalion reported their injuries, but Zhuge Ke thought that the generals had the heart to fight, and threatened to kill them, and the generals were afraid and did not dare to report.

Zhuge Ke was not ignorant of his mistakes, but he could not accept defeat, and the 200,000 army could not capture the new city defended by 3,000 people, which was a great shame.

The anger is attacking the heart, and it gradually fades.

When Zhu Yi, the general of Wu Zhennan, suggested that the offensive be slowed down a little and the soldiers were treated, Zhuge Ke was furious and seized his military power.

Duwei Cai Lin has repeatedly offered advice, but Zhuge Ke does not accept it, he is stubborn, and his rigidity is self-serving, and it is impossible to add more.

Cai Lin knew that he would be defeated, and immediately invested in Shouchun Sima Fu.

It also exposed the weakness of the Wu people in front of the Wei State.

Sima Fu immediately made a decision and led the Qiu Jianhui Wenqin to send troops to attack the Wu army.

By this time, the morale of both sides had shifted.